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The tragic story of this famous meteorite and the boy who fought the museum that took everything from him ~humanities.history Video 12:44 14 votes
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How the 1918 flu pandemic got meme-ified in jokes, songs, and poems ~humanities.history Article 1571 words 9 votes
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The flu killed forty million in 1918. Every flu season since is descended from it ~humanities.history Article 1527 words, published Mar 7 2020 9 votes
Testing the efficacy of homemade masks: Would they protect in an influenza pandemic? ~science biology Link 8 votes
The single most important lesson from the 1918 influenza pandemic: tell the truth ~health Article 1664 words 8 votes
Hong Kong’s coronavirus response leads to sharp drop in flu cases ~health Article 368 words, published Mar 5 2020 3 votes
The genesis of the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic ~health Video 1:08:09, published May 1 2014 5 votes
Australia just had a bad flu season. That may be a warning for the US ~health Article 1221 words 8 votes
Killer flu season sees record numbers of cases and deaths - and it's only just beginning ~health Article 363 words 7 votes
Last year, the flu put him in a coma. This year he's getting the shot ~health Article 824 words 14 votes
Philadelphia threw a WWI parade that gave thousands of onlookers the flu ~humanities.history Article 1709 words 9 votes